Rock Climbing - A Challenge of Balance and Strength
Up is never easy. But you face the rock. You let every finger and all your toes help find the way. Feel every muscle quake and quiver in battle with gravity. Find faith in ropes, in teammates, in yourself. There's no time for distraction, no room for your mind to wander. It's you and a route up narrow fissures and narrower ledges. Chase your fear back into the shadows, as you balance on fingertips and toeholds.
Rock is an incomparable challenge. Master mind and body, so that spirit can soar. It's the rock's way of meditation, single-minded purpose, total concentration. The reward? Your view from the top, and the long look down from where you came. In a final reach, up there becomes right here, in a single moment that's all your own.
You'll encounter routes that blow your mind, challenge your endurance, redefine your strengths. You'll learn the fundamentals of setting anchors, belay systems, hardware and rocks site environmental awareness and discover in yourself a deep well of focus and commitment that will serve you for the rest of your days. Explore your edge.
This course features less expedition and provides ample opportunity to practice climbing. This course focuses on a variety of climbing skills and techniques including friction climbing, top roping, knot tying, belaying, rappelling and anchor placement. Course culminates in an unparalleled and unforgettable multi-pitch climb.
Activities: rock climbing, rappelling, top-roping, possible ropes course, advance knot tying and equipment use, multi-pitch climb, possible service project, Leave No Trace
Lengths: 8 days
Ages: 18+, 16-18
Special Focus: Adults 18+, 23+
This is mobile back country rock climbing expedition. It is wilderness based but will may spend 2 days at a time at various awesome rock climbing sites. Students should be prepared to work hard, have fun, learn technical skills and build a solid foundation for going climbing on you own.
Activities: Rock Climbing, backpacking, solo, service and final expedition
Lengths: 10 days
Ages: 16-18, 18+
This is not a backpacking course. It is a front country or back-country basecamp oriented week of rock climbing in the world famous Joshua Tree National Park. It is an ideal course for those looking for the physical challenge of climbing rocks. Technical skills are a theme of the course but mental challenges may be the most intriguing.
Activities: Rock Climbing, solo, service, this course is mostly in the "front-country"
Lengths: 7 days
Ages: 18+, 23+
